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I just posted a lecture about this topic in my nonprofit law class. My point there was that nonprofits need measurement more than for-profit entities do. For for-profits, owners and customers police the market. If the business doesn't money for the owners, it will fail. If the business doesn't satisfy its customers, customers will not buy, the business won't make money for the owners, and the business will fail. It's different for nonprofits. They have no stakeholders with such power in their ecosystems. Accountability is diffuse. They file 990s, but very few of those are even read by a real regulator (as opposed to an algorithm), and fewer still are subject to audit. State regulators are likewise not in a position to test accountability. A nonprofit's beneficiaries are usually not in a position to act with the power of "customers." At most, regulators police whether a nonprofit is "faithfully" stewarding assets, but that says nothing about whether they are doing so effectively. So how do we make sure nonprofits are stewarding assets both faithfully and effectively? By having a clear theory of change and then finding and reporting on metrics that determine whether or not a nonprofit is meeting its mission.

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Did you know that in 2024, the United States boasts almost 1.9 million nonprofit organizations and growing? With 24 million employees and 77 million volunteers annually, the sector’s impact is immense. But if we do the math, my research and that of others shows that about 1.7 million nonprofit Board Chairs are lacking any form of onboarding to help them be effective in their role. Imagine how we could change the sector if this gap was proactively addressed and Board Chairs given the tools they need to succeed!

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